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Angelina Emily Grimké: Until they do, we must believe them; and as a Southerner, I can bear the most decided testimony against slavery as the…

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Until they do, we must believe them; and as a Southerner, I can bear the most decided testimony against slavery as the mother of all abominations.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké, as a Southerner, condemns slavery as a profound moral evil.

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